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A. G. WILSON.

PAPER'BOX AND LID OI BOXES. No. 286,360. Patented Oct. 9, 1883.

' UNITE STATES PATENT FFICE.

An rnnn o. WILSON, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAPER BOX AND LID OF BOXES.

-SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,360, dated October 9, 1883.

Application filed March 2, 1853. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR Gnrns WIL- SON, a subject of the Queenof England, and a resident of New York city, in the county of Sew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Boxes and Lids of Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

' ter to that side of the end piece which is brought up andlaid against the outer faces of the turned-in upright portions to also secure the parts,"and at the same time strengthen the structure by providing the end piece with an extension, folding the latter over on the inside of the box or lid, andpasting it to the inner faces of the turned-in portions, and to also secure the parts by adding a tongue to the said turned-over extension and passing it through an incision made at the junction of the bottom and end of the box. This last-referred-toconstruction will be found described and illustrated in my patent of March 29, 1881.

My present invention has for its objects to avoid gnmming, to economize in stock, and to secure the parts composing the box or lid in a manner simple and efiicient; and to these ends it consists in notching, slitting, or cutting the turned-in portions, and providing the end piece proper with a tongue or tongues adapted to enter the notches, slits, or cuts and lock or hold the several parts together, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

r In the accompanying-drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank out and scored or creased, and adapted to be folded up into a box or lid of a box embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view "of a box formed from a blank such as shown at Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of portion of the box shown at Fig. 2 and taken on line mm of said figure. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of abox taken at the end thereof, showing a modification of my invention; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of a blankin condition to be folded up and made intoa box having an end like that shown at Fig. 4.

In the several views the same parts will be found designated by the same letters of reference.

The preferred form of blank A, Fig. 1, is creased, scored, or pierced along the dotted lines a, a a to facilitate holding, as well understood, and is cut or severed along the full lines I) 1) until the creasing-line a is .met, thus forming detached or loose portions 0 c and (Z, the

former having V-shaped notches c 0 cut at i their extremities, and thelatter provided with a tongue or tuck, 6. Of a box made up from a blank of this form C C would be the sides, D the bottom, (I d theend pieces proper, and

c o the turned-in upright extensions, against.

which, exteriorly, the end pieces, (I. d, are

brought. Now, in order to maintain theparts in the relative positions just described, and thus keep the box in form, I merely insert or pass the tongue or tuck 6 down into the V- shaped notches or cut-outs c c of the turnedin end portions, 0 c, as clearly shown at Figs. 2 and 3; This-mode of fastening I have-found, in practice,is cheap and simple, and thoroughly efficient, there being no likelihood of casual separation of the parts.

By reason of the V-shaped cuts or notches two points or lips,c are formed on each part c, 4 and the folded over and down tongue 0 passes in front of the upper set of lips and in rear of the lower set or series, thus positively checking any tendency of the parts to spring open.

Instead of V-shaped notches, notches or cutaways of other form may be used in conjunction with a tongue to hold the parts together, as described, without departing from the spirit of my invention; and in lieu of notches or cutouts, slits or incisions m m, or any other ap- 9 erture or opening, may be made in the portions 0 c, and tohgues g g be passed through such slits, and the parts be thus held together, as seen at Figs. 4 and 5. I Q

My invention may be used at only one end ICO of a box or lid, the other end being left en- 2. AboX or a lid of at box having turned-in tirelyopen, or provided with some different portions providedwith V-shaped notches, and means of securement. e an end piece provided with a tongue which 15 What I claim as new, and desire to secure is folded over the upper edges of these turned- 5 by Letters Patent, is in portions and down into theV-shapcd notches 1. A boX or a lid of a box having turned-in therein, substantially as shown and described. portions provided with apertures or openings, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my and an end piece provided with at tongue or hand this 28th day of February, 1883. J tongues folded over the upper edges of the ARTHUR G. XVILSON. 1o turned-in portions and down into the aper- In presence off tures or openings therein, substantiallyas and .T'AcoB FELBEL, for the purposes set forth. 1 V A. J AMES LASKE. f 

